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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-21
RELIGIOUS READING.
4 FATHERS CARE.


Through sunny meadows sped the train.
Through woodland nools. by fields OF grain
Above, the blue sky's archsne height
Dotted with fiecks Of snowy white;
While distant hills Of darker hue
Stood like rampant round the blue.
Within tho car q little dir
With hal. OF gold in tress and curl
Like living sunshfhe-all the while
Kept fitting Up aud down the aisle.
Now here, now there. from seat 70 scat
Danced merily the little foot
The sunny face now pressed the pane
Now called the sunshine back again!
All loved her, rs from place 70 place
She fiuttered with . bird-like grace.
And now with this one, now with that
Stopped to exchange . smile. or chat.
So the long journey We beguiled;
The child was every body's child.
Her blue eyes could 80 friendly be,
Nobody knew whose treasure she!
But suddenly from sunlit plain
Into q tunnel rushed the train.
All. then we knew whose arms should hole
The little one with locks Of gold.
Papa. papa she trembling cried,
And, cropping. sought her fathers side;
AS out into the day We dashed.
Her head lay on her fathers breast!
It's 30 with us. when life IS faifl
We too forget our Fathers care,
And wander whcresoe'er We will:
But. oh. He's watching, loving still
And when the shadows round us fall,
He hears and heeds His children's call.
We run to Him. with fear oppressed
he folds us to His gracious breast.
-Janass Buekt0n, ia Congreqotionaiist.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-21
"A novel case was disposed of

"A novel case was disposed of in
the police court at Belleville. Cam. re.
Gently. A baby was the cause of con.
tcntion. A Mrs Keller had cared for a
baby belonging to a lady named Clap.
per. and was to receive certain
monetary consideration for her service
Mrs. Clapper wanted the child, but wa:
not willing to pay the charges-thrce
dollars. Mrs. Keller refused to sur
render the child until the money wa:
paid, which caused Mrs. Clapper II
bring action to recover the infant. TIL,
magistrate ordered the child to be sur
rendered to its mother upon the pay
ment of the amount claimed.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-21

Love. She shall find the music and the
brightness and the peace earth failed
to yield her garnered there like golden
sheaves in an Autumn Of plenty. She
shall at last be understood, and enter
into the sympathy Of that great COM
pany who, like her, have come up
through tribulation to the perfect
peace, the unclouded joy Of Heaven.
For HE knOweth." He remember
eth." He careth for us."-CAieogo
journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-21
1t is stated that an excellent carbon

1t is stated that an excellent carbon
for electrical purposes can be obtained
from sea-weeds. After thorough wash
ing in hot water the material is dried
and Is then carbonized in closed retorts
in the usual manner. The resulting
product is then treated with dilute acid
and dried. 1t is then said to be . per-
fectly pure form of carbon in soft
masses or Jumps, which may easily be
crushed between the fingers, and after
seing ground makes an excellent raw
material for the various purposes fol
which carbon is applied.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-21

"A Cleveland bachelor pinched .
Cleveland widows arm and she sued
him for SANDER. The court held that
she had no case. It was simply case
Of pinch.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-21

The total monthly attendance a
our Indian schools for 1895 reached
SIX thousand. A result that Is verv
gr.fify'ng to those specially interest.
ed IN this phase Of education.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
"Queer" People in New York.

OF all the reflex celebrities, the man
who looks or thinks he looks like the
late President Arthur, and who travels
on the strength OF such resemblance,
is the most compiacent. He is large
and Horid, and he wears his whiskers
and mustacne after the manner of the
late President. He made quite rep
utation In broadway saloons and cafes
while the late Gen. Arthur was alive.
and, on the death of that amiable
aud distinguished gentleman. he had
the good taste to stay under cover for
month or two. Now, however, he is
abroad again. posing as the hero of a
chance resemblance, and smiling
when he is alluded to as the ''Ghost."
An exceedingly plain and unimpres-
slve-looking woman was making her
way slowly down Broadway yesterday,
when she discovered her reflection in
big mirror that had been set out ON
the sidewalk. Thereupon she stopped
snort, crossed with an air of elegant
leisure to the mirror. and, stepping up
to ii. surveyed herself complaeently,
rearranged her hat lifted her veil,
took what Is known l believe as a
powder rag from her hand satchel,
touched up her face with an air of
pleasantly and repose. and then
dropped the rag in the satchel again.
After this she fixed her veil with salts
faction, gave her hustle two or three
vicious thnmps, pulled down the back
of her dress, pulled down her collar,
aud sailed down the street again. OBJ
served of all observers. but not en-
barrassed in the slightest degree by
the attention she had attracted.-Neso
York Sim
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
THE GEOGRAPHY LESSON.

The lesson of the day too often con-
sists in the repetition by rote of so
many sentences or paragraphs from
the class-boul, which are seldom eX-
panded or made more attractive and
intelligible by calculation on the part
of the teacher. Such instruction, if it
may be 80 called, is bad for the teach
er and worse for the taught. 1t is es-
peeiallv pernicious to the children in
the earlier stages of their geographi-
cal studies. for it tortures their MEM
cries and brings no compenSating ad
vantage. 1t fosters idleness and list
lesspess on the part of the teacher,
who. instead of eSerting their facul-
ties to invest the subject with living
interest. becomes for the time mere
machine, mechanically acting within
the limits prescribed in the elass-book.
In dealing with the young we should
try to feel ourselves young again, to
see things as they are seen by young
eyes, to realize the difficulties that lie
in the way of children's appreciation
of the world around them, TO he Tiled
with an abounding sympathy which
suhdues all impatience on our side,
and calls ont on the side OF the child
rem their confidence and affection.
Mutual sympathy and esteem are a
pledge of enduring success. To cs-
ment this bond of union between
teacher and taught there should be no
set tasks for some considerable time.
The lessons ought rather to be pleas
ant conversations about familiar
things The pupils should be asked
questions such as they can readily an
swer, and the answering of which
ssSass them y gssssa and gives them
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
Fine Grape.
s.Whal's that?r

tfWhat'S that?"
a jobher in imported dry goods was
showing visitor u piece of fiimsy
black material that looked uncommon
ly like common gauze.
Nv ny do you ask?"
Il didn know that Won imported
any goods of that description.
Why. that is one of our staple ar
ticles. That is very fine quality Of
crapep'
THE kind of Grape that widows
wear?'
The same. 1t has been washed in
hot water That makes the change in
its appearance.
How could it?'
III tell you. Grape is light, trans
parent, plainly woven of hard silk of
the natural color. Its peculiar ap-
pearanee is caused by the dyeing ana
dressing after it leaves the loom. Gum
is added to the material, and the
threads. owing to their stiffness, un-
weave the twist they receive in the
mill. This gives it its unevenness.
doesn't any kind of wetting hurt
es, more or less, but it never
looks like gauze until it is thoroughly
soaked in hot water That is one of
our tests as to the quality of the ma
terial and workmanship If YOU ever
want to test any Grape that YOU may
buy, you had better take the dealers
word instead of your own experiment.
for once Grape is washed out it can
never be restored. New York Mail
and Erpress.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08

tightly round the stunned wolf's-nerK,
and then Hung him out among his
comrades just as he began to revive.
The wolves. naturally afraid of fire,
were dreadfully scared to see a fery
wolf come humping in among them,
and scattered in all directions. while
the one that carried the lantern.
frightened out of his wits nj finding
himself-as it seemed-all iu blaze.
flew after them, Yelling hitlrnusIy.
But the faster he ran, the faster Meg
ran away from him. and in a irice the
whole pack of them were ont Of SIGHT,
while the hunters, pulling mp in the
middle of the road, laughed MI the
silent woods rang with their merri-
ment.--Dauid KeT. an Goideu D,tgS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
Mr.. washbnrne's sense of Humor.

Elihu B. Washhurne, Jr., who was
called home by the death of his distin-
guished father from the college he has
been attending at Kingston, n. Y,
told this anecdOte of him to a friend at
the Coleman House: The ex-Minister
was entirely lacking in appreciation
of American hnmor. From the time
he was rocked in the old oak cradle at
Livermore he saw the sterner side of
life, and failed with the most favorable
surroundings to appreciate Yankee
fun. Last summer. Elihu, Jr., spent
some weeks with his father at the old
homestead in Maine During the coll
legiate year the young man had not
failed to draw on his father for funds.
As the old gentleman was sitting read-
ing and meditating, perhaps on the
proneness of youth TO make money hy
upward, like the sparks, Elihu, Jr.,
passed by in the hall singing, in a fine
baritone:
''The fifteen dollars
In my inside pocket?'
Whereat the elder lost no time in an
swering, in the same strain, but with
slightly sarcastic intonation:
''Sinee when, Elihu, i
Since wleQ?i =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
Winter Resorts for InvaIids.

Asheville, North Carolina, in re-
spect of beauty of location and tine
scenery, is unsurpassed in our coun-
try by any health resort known to me,
excepting Estes Park, in Colorado. 1t
has long been a favorite summer re-
sort by the residents of other Southern
States, and is now attracting attention,
in the North both as a summer and
winter resort. Its reputation for
health and elevated position gives it
strong claims for consideration. For
those who are only delicate, without
settled disease, it offers some marked
advantages for a yearly residence
As a stopping-place both going and
returning for invalids who winter I'M
a milder climate, and also as resi-
dence for such from the middle OF
April to December, it is deserving of
attention. A majority of those in
danger from consumption or chronic
throat troubles, | believe, would find
their chances of permanent relief
greater if they would remain all the
year as far south as Asheville. Board
ing-houses and hotels are numerous,
and the cost of living is still very rea-
sOnable and inexpensive.
Aiken. South Carolina. has assumed
a prominence for several reasons. 1t
is located on a high ridge of pine and
sandy land, with a soil so porous that
there is almost a total absence of damp
exhalations. 1t is naturally healthy,
has good water and dry air--too dry.
at times for some invalids. Its sur
roundings, as whole, are favorable
to consumptives eight months in the
vear-from the middle of April 10 the
middle of December. During the
other months the town of Aiken is
subject, by reason of its elevated posi-
ton. to hign winds, the climate is
variable, and changes of temperature
sudden and great. The winds may
be partially obviated by selecting :
sheltered location, but for the varia-
tions of temperature there is no RENE
| dy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
Don't Write Too Well.

"Yes, that is certainly very fine PEN
manship A New York Mail and En-
press reporter was examining hand
sOmely-writien letter which a Young
man was exhibiting as a specimen of
his skill.
You ought to be able to get good
situation rs bookkeeper?'
so | thought when first came to
this city. but | haven't succeeded yet.
why mot?"
There are a good many reasons. In
the first place, am graduate of II
business college. That is regarded as
ban by n large number of business
men. In the next place, i am strang-
er in New York. and, lastly, 1 write
too we'll.
w rite too Well?"
Yes. ! hav answered every ad-
vertisement calling for a bookkeeper
that has appeared in the daily papers
for month past, and have only heard
in reply TO three, Each of the men
who wrote to me said that my pen
manship was too fine. find that bus
iness men don't like hourishes on their
books. They don't want eopper-plate
penmanship. One man said to me
lhat he wanted a hunkkeeper whose
chirography showed more individuali-
ignore Characterization mine. Aud
so lost the situation. 1t is my exper-
ience that plain. flowing. rapid hand
is the very best that an applicant for
clerical work can have
What do yon propose to doP"
81 have not decided. | may secure
work as card-writer, or teacher of
penmanship. ii can do that should
like it. but if fail i'll that direction /
shall try and unlearn all the fancy
penmanship | acquired. shall adopt
a plain but graceful style of writing.
education from a merchant as though
it were disgrace. 1 don't know
whether my experience is that of most
applicants for clerical work in the
city. but l am satisfied that l am right
and shall govern myself accordingly"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08

confidence in themselves and freedom
with the teacher. The objects in thr
schooi-room. in the play on
the road to school, should be made usG
of as subjects Tor such questionlnys.
with the aim of drawing our tue
knowledge acquired by The pupils
from their own observation Every
Question should be one which Requires
for its answer that the children have
actually seen something with their
own eyes and have taken mental note
of it. The putting OF such questions
stimulates the observing faculty. and
not unfrequently gives a change OF
distinction to boys and girls whose
capabilities are not we'll tested by the
ordinary lessons OF school. Popular
Science AOntHiy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
COMMON SCHOOLS AND THE LABOR
QUESTION

OOfS ilON-
At the fOrty-ninth annual meeting
of the Connecticut State Teachers As
sociation. Principal Thomas J. Nor.
gan, of the Rhode Island State Nor
NAL School, spoke upon the topic OF
the Common Schools and the Labor
Question. For this complex problem
General Morgan could offer no one
remedy. The question is no modern
one. In feudal times the laborers
were sold with the soil; the changes
which time has Witnessed have been
for the evolution and betterment of
the laboring classes. Lah0rers and
capitalists are now equal in ordinary
rights and privileges. To remedy the
evils which still exist, the element of
time is Indispensable. The common
schools can not reach the adult ele-
ment of our emigrant population.
Hence they are not responsible for the
anarchists et al, nor for the masses of
the young whom they cannot reach.
Discomfort i'll the laboring classes
may be sign of growth. ssThe chief
duty of educators is to awaken new
wants. The modern schools awaken
just such wants for better things by
the taste and beauty of their furnish
ings; wants which contain the germs
of happiness and progress. No simi-
lar system exists in the world. Could
we see it rs it is throughout the United
States, we would be able to see one
solution of the labor problem. The
action of thirty-two States in making
instruction in temperance hygiene
compulsory in their schools furnishes
another solution of tile problem. Fu-
ture capitalists may also be taught the
responsibility of using money. An
understanding of natural dependence
and mutual rights must produce har-
mony, and snch Il relation the COM
mon schools are constantly teaching.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
Marvellous DAYS.

A newspaper reporter who lived in
Little Rock during the Brooks-Baxter
war, but who is now on the Chicago
press, met former cO-laborer the
other day, and during a conversation
OF fragmentary remeniscence, said:
'.Ah, but those were great days. /
shall never have so much fun again.
The night we threw that foreigner out
of the window. Was leaning out,
and, in talking, dropped his chs
Bows threw him out after them. No,
sir, never see such fun again. You
remember when they blew up that
steamboat and threw us all in the
river? Dick Moran was killed, but
he did enjoy himself, though, going up
the river, and ought not to have COM
planned"
YES said the old acquaintance,
''and don't you remember when some
fellow fired at you on the street and
broke both your legse"
YES, and at one shot, too. Those
fellows! Wy. perfectly at home with
a gun. I'll bet you that you can't find
a man in this town that can take a
necdIe-gun and at three hundred yards
break both of Il fellows legs at one
shot Marvellous days, marvellous.
The doctors, full of fun and as rollick-
ing set of fellows as ever lived,
wanted to cut OF my legs, but / got
an Irish friend to stand by me with a
shot gun and keep the doctors of.
Remember the time that sort of half
witted fellow from Texas cracked me
over the head and ruined pistol that
had cost fifteen dollars? Marvellous
days. One night we made a raid on
old Kipham's saloon, aud for the fun
of the thing filed up lot of tubs and
bathed ourselves in whisky. Set the
house aiire, yes. and Melrose Hender-
son was burned up. That was the
night Al Peters Knocked me down with
q wagon spoke. Marvellous days
royal. Well never see them again.
and, as the old man looks back upon
the ambitions of the brilliant boy, We
look back npon those golden hours. ~
.ArkansdtO Ifareier.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
In NIorte Immutabilitas.
nrfa Oh

Over the westward seas, on the misty KIM
merian Shorthand.
Where In the asphodel meadow Persephone's q
myrfads wander,
Many fieeting form of beloved Achaan
companions.
Many a stAtelier shade of the dim traditional
forctlme,
Greeted the exile Odysseus, and Heracles'
eidolon with them,
Less Than ghost. for the hero himself at
banquet forever
Sits with his bride. young Hebe. among the
Olympic immortalsl
Memory. gray old warder, throw open thy
portal in welcome
Wide to the dead, our deadl They loved us
well In the sunshine;
Death can but make securer from change
and loss. and oblivion.
Not the departed we dread, hut only the
wrath of the living!
Bright Is the sparkle of love in their eyes,
that shine upon others!
Nectar ts theirs, aud ambrOSia: they heed not
the loss of our KISSES
See thou admit not ghost that CASTS on the
threshold a shadow,
Atlantic Monthlg
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
Equal to the Occasion.

CLARA" he said tenderly. ''if busi-
ness reverses should come TO Inc after
we are married, and we should get to
be very poor. would your love for me
grow less?'
"Never, George" replied the noble
girl.
And could You go into the kitchen,
dear. and make loaf of bread with
those dainty little hands?"
lyon are very nice to say such a
pretty thing about my hands. but.
George. love, don't be foolish about
the brea d. Why, 1 would send one OF
the servants around to the bakers for
it"-Neio York Sam.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08

First Omaha man I'm a street-car.
going home)-How fearfu1ly slow these
cars run; they drag along like snails.
Second Omaha man--I thought we were
whiriing along at greatrate. ''Mer-
CIV, no. Seems to me We have been
an hour on the road. hope my wife
won't worry. How long have yon
been married?n About ten DAYS"
I've been married ten years" -Oana-
bl World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
She COuIdn't.

There is tloor-walker in one of the
large dry goods stores in this city
whose great toes point toward each
other in the most friendly manner.
Nv hat will you have, madam" said
he TO an Irish woman who was looking
helplessly around.
"Calico."
Walk this way"
Walk that way. is it! Sure I'd
have We to know, sur. that my legs is
not built like that. and l couldn't walk
that way if you'd give me the whole
sture. ."-Neio York Sun.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08

A Norwich, Conn, cocker spaniel
that spent his early days in family of
children and had his face washed reg
ularly will not now, in his old age. eat
breakfast until his face-has been wash
ed. If his toilet is neglected he sta
down and howls loud and long.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08

A Wall street man receives letters
written on full mourning paper from a
young woman whose parents have
been divorced.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08

Paris isto have 20a. 600 electric lights
planted in its streets,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08

There are more vessels on the stocks
in Oregon. W. T., and Puget Sound
than in all New England
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-08
Il. ". LACEY,

"a kUBLkC.
unice with NJ. STUART. North Chestnutst
Ravenna, Ohio
Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-19
Panic In a Vienna Theater,

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-The News correspon- dent at Vienna says: During a performance of Strauss operatta s'Simplicius" last even ing terrible panic was caused by 8 false alarm of fire. The audience rushed to the staircases and caused terrible crush. Order was not restored until fully ten minutes had elapsed.
 Brewers RetaIIase on ProhibitIonfAts.
 CHICAGO, Dec. S.-The KeeIy Brewing company has instructed it's brokers to buy no barley grown in or shipped from the States of Iowa or Ramsay. John P. Taylor, secre- tary of the brokers committee, is quoted as saying: 'fIt is not an attempt to punish those States for their prohibition principles, but if they won't buy our beer it is quite proper that we should not buy their barley" Mr. Taylor says he issued the order because he thought the Minnesota and Wisconsin barley is better than the Iowa and Kansas barley and because there is no need of our buying from them if9we can get as good elsewhere. Kouis doucke, the malster, said to-day that if such a movement were started he would join it heartily. The farmers of Iowa were hypoerites, he declared, claiming to believe in prohibition and raising barley for the manufacture of whiskey and beer.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-19

FOR RENT, "A OFFICES Nos. and 4, first floor over New #;;:. Haven Bank, now occupied by New ,S5ors VOTE January 1st rooms now occupied by Security Insurance Co. at 769 Chapel street. Inquire or New York Life Insurance Co.,, or New Haven Bank. n10tf